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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RTI International has been awarded the first phase of an ambitious 15-year project funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to strengthen public policy research and research institutions in Indonesia. Called the "Knowledge Sector Initiative," the far-reaching effort represents a major AusAID investment in support of the Government of Indonesia's efforts to strengthen its research...
SILVER SPRING, Md., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmagen, Inc. (OTCBB: PHRX) (the "Company" or "Pharmagen") is excited to announce that it will be presenting its strategic vision on solving the nation's drug shortage crisis to the North Carolina General Assembly at the North Carolina Biosciences Organization (NCBIO) Legislative Breakfast on April 16(th). Each year, NCBIO brings together members of the General Assembly to enjoy breakfast with NCBIO members. This invite-only,...
About two of every three children will experience at least one traumatic event before they turn 18. Despite this high rate of exposure, little is known about the effectiveness of treatments aimed at preventing and relieving traumatic stress symptoms that children may experience after such events, according to researchers at RTI International, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, the RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center, and Boston Medical Center. The article, published...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aaron Williams, former vice president of international business development at RTI International and, most recently, Director of the U.S. Peace Corps, will return to RTI as executive vice president of the International Development Group starting Monday, Oct. 29. "Aaron Williams is the ideal person to lead our global development programs as we go forward," said RTI President and CEO Wayne Holden. "He knows our...
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and RTI International finds employee assistance programs (EAPs), a standard benefit offered to employees at most large companies, are failing to identify individuals who abuse or have the potential to abuse their intimate partner, despite well-known risk factors for intimate partner violence perpetration. While previous research has documented the extent to which EAPs offer workplace support for victims of...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The intersection of health care, politics and policy is a controversial one. A new book of lively essays takes on all of today's hot health topics: alternative medicine, swine flu, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to decrease soda consumption, gun control and many more. The book, Dissecting American Health Care: Commentaries on Health, Policy, and Politics, is written by former Assistant Surgeon...
Three new board members welcomed RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After more than 17 years as the chair of RTI's board of governors, Earl Johnson Jr. will turn over leadership of RTI's governing body to board member William (Bill) M. Moore Jr. Moore, managing partner of Lookout Capital and founder and former CEO of Trident Financial Corp., joined the RTI board in November 2001. Johnson, who has served on the RTI board since 1973, has been its chairman...
Nanofiber-based lighting technology provides high-efficiency, environmentally friendly lighting RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RTI International has developed a revolutionary lighting technology that is more energy efficient than the common incandescent light bulb and does not contain mercury, making it environmentally safer than the compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb. At the core of RTI's breakthrough is an advanced nanofiber structure that provides...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just over one-quarter of U.S. adult health care spending was associated with disability in 2006, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. The study, published in the January-February issue of Public Health Reports, found that disability-associated health care spending for U.S. adults totaled $397.8 billion in 2006, which was almost 27 percent of...
ATLANTA, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC has once again raised the standard of excellence in the building products industry, as two of its premier Dens(TM) interior gypsum panel products have passed the industry's most stringent mold resistance test. DensArmor Plus® High-Performance Interior Panel* and DensShield® Tile Backer each passed the 12-week test, conducted in accordance with the US Environmental Protection Agency's ASTM D 6329 ** protocol. The test -- three...
